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...Reverend George L. Paine, in his letter in today's CRIMSON presenting the orthodox view in favour of the erection of a chapel as a War Memorial, grants by implication that perhaps the most important object of a War Memorial is to aid in removing the possibility of future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: For a Living Memorial | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

...matter and spirit, as so many half-educated people are to-day; nor would be necessarily have missed the formative influence of the elective system and of intensive study in some special field. It is said that requirements kill initiative--that the survey method encourages superficiality; but we should favour the retention of the elective system in the domain of specialized studies, and the development of an even more intensive specialization of work is frankly special. The thing that we are quarrelling with is the regime of compromise which throws so much of the student's time into the region...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

...Mandate was embodied the object of the Balfour declaration of November 2, 1917: "His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of that object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palestine | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

...Thackeray's "The Rose and the Ring" at the end of this term. Another University Club, the Footlight Dramatics Club, is contenting itself with promoting an all night Ball and Cabaret Entertainment. This is arousing great undergraduate interest, though naturally the University authorities do not regard it with any favour...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE CLUB CEMENTS FRENCH ENTENTE REFUSES "LA VIE PARISIENNE" | 12/2/1922 | See Source »

...Union. It was crowded with undergraduates and as the results came trickling in and it was seen which way the poll was going the cheers and counter cheers of the different parties roused excitement to a fever pitch. In the University election one of the Candidates returned is in favour of the admission of women to the University, so there will be many feminine hearts made glad as a result...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE CLUB CEMENTS FRENCH ENTENTE REFUSES "LA VIE PARISIENNE" | 12/2/1922 | See Source »

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